Marie-Claire Durand is a Montreal-based musician, active as a pianist, vocalist, arranger, as well as composer and teacher (Cégep de Sainte-Foy). She received a Masters in Jazz Composition from McGill University. Accompanied by Joel Kerr on bass and Eric Thibodeau on drums, the composer performs a variety of instrumental and vocal original compositions. Her song writing, both in English and in French, spans from conversational to meditative, while being at times humoristic.